WASHINGTON DC ? Is North Korea hacking Sony Pictures to prevent the release of a film about its leader Kim Jong-un? Perhaps, according to reports circulating on the Internet. But the FBI did issue a warning this week that hackers have used malware to launch destructive attacks against U.S. business, following the attack on Sony
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - Facebook on Wednesday announced a new partnership with ESET that will add the security vendor's software directly into the social network's abuse detection and prevention systems. ESET is the third such vendor used by Facebook to fight malware -- malicious software that hides behind tempting but bogus links or on similarly
MONTREAL, Canada - PasswordBox will become part of Intel Security, a branch of the chipmaker that focuses on Internet security, the startup said in a blog post last week. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. PasswordBox lets users store log-in credentials to websites and apps in a secure repository and log in to
LIVONIA ? The December meeting of ISACA Detroit will offer up two presentations: One called Cloud Computing Demystified and the other an Overview of Cyber Security Risks at the ERP Level. Pre Dinner Topic: Cloud Computing Demystified Juman Doleh Alomary CISA, CISM, CRISC, ISO27001 Lead Auditor After Dinner Topic: Overview of Key Cyber Security Risks
WASHINGTON DC - Lawmakers' efforts to overhaul some of the National Security Agency's controversial surveillance programs were dealt a setback Tuesday when a reform bill failed to garner enough votes to proceed in the Senate. The USA Freedom Act would have curbed powers granted to the NSA under the Patriot Act -- including the NSA's
LANSING ? Dan Lohrmann, the long-time Michigan Chief Information Security Officer, has spent the past several months accumulating to his new role in the private sector where he is Chief Strategist and Chief Security Officer at Security Mentor, which is developing executive training for business executives. Lohrmann said while still working at the State he
SAN FRANCISCO - Corporate executives traveling in Asia may need to be extra cautions the next time they connect to a hotel's Wi-Fi network - that is, if they haven't already been hacked. Over the last four years, malicious hackers have been stealing data from company executives while they stay in luxury hotels in an
SAN FRANCISCO - It's bad enough that Verizon and AT&T have unleashed a new breed of "supercookie" that can track your every online move, even as you switch between your smartphone, tablet and TV. Far worse is the possibility of abuse by advertisers, governments and hackers, privacy experts warn. "Any website you're going to end
STANFORD, Calif. - The director of the National Security Agency has a message for Silicon Valley: We come in peace. Admiral Michael Rogers' attempt at rapprochement on Monday comes as tech firms are working to repel government surveillance after spying documents were leaked by Edward Snowden in June 2013, CNET News.Com reported. Apple and Google
CUPERTINO, Ca. - Apple users in China have an active, new threat to contend with that attacks iPhones and iPads through Apple's Mac OS X operating system, a US security firm reported. Palo Alto Networks called the malicious software "WireLurker" because it waits for a device running Apple's iOS mobile operating system to connect via